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Pfizer BioNTech vaccine

India scraps local trials for COVID shots, says Pfizer vaccine could arrive by July

India scraps local trials for COVID shots, says Pfizer vaccine could arrive by July

Published 27 May, 2021 06:55pm
  • The world's second-most populous country this month recorded its highest monthly COVID-19 death toll since the pandemic began last year, accounting for just over a third of the overall total.
  • India reported 211,298 new infections on Thursday, the world's highest daily rise, but nearly half the daily infections it recorded earlier this month.
Brazil to receive 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses on Thursday

Brazil to receive 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses on Thursday

Published 28 Apr, 2021 08:22pm
  • Over the weekend, the health ministry announced that 30% fewer vaccines had been received between January and April than expected. Queiroga said the Covax facility, an international cooperation to assist countries secure vaccines, had moved up the expected delivery of 2 million doses to May.
South Korea signs with Pfizer for additional 40mn COVID-19 vaccine doses

South Korea signs with Pfizer for additional 40mn COVID-19 vaccine doses

Published 24 Apr, 2021 05:58pm
  • It added that it had secured a total 192 million doses of vaccines, including those from Moderna Inc, AstraZeneca PLC, Johnson & Johnson's and Novavax.
  • "The government has acquired COVID-19 vaccines large enough to vaccinate approximately 100 million people...(which) is double the entire population of South Korea," Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol told a briefing.
Dubai expands vaccine eligibility in certain cases

Dubai expands vaccine eligibility in certain cases

Published 17 Apr, 2021 04:53pm
  • In a Twitter post, the media office said this was in line with the latest international studies and guidelines on coronavirus vaccines.
  • It also said the DHA was cutting the time frame of vaccine eligibility for those who have previously contracted COVID-19 to 10 days from three months, provided the case was mild or asymptomatic.
Pfizer says working on new COVID-19 vaccine supply deal to Israel

Pfizer says working on new COVID-19 vaccine supply deal to Israel

Published 05 Apr, 2021 09:23pm
  • Pfizer and its partner BioNTech agreed in November to supply Israel with an undisclosed number of COVID-19 vaccines and Israel's Finance Ministry has said it paid some 2.6 billion shekels ($785 million).
  • Israel's government is seeking to secure 36 million more Pfizer/BioNTech doses for use as booster shots or for children once they are eligible, but that hit a snag last week over political infighting.
Turkey begins administering Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots

Turkey begins administering Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots

Published 02 Apr, 2021 06:21pm
  • Turkey has so far delivered 16.5 million vaccine doses nationwide, including more than 7 million people who have received a second dose of the shots developed by China's Sinovac Biotech.
  • A total of 2.8 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine have arrived in Turkey, with that number expected to reach 4.5 million in the coming days, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday.
Pfizer COVID-19 shot 91pc effective in updated data, protective against South African variant

Pfizer COVID-19 shot 91pc effective in updated data, protective against South African variant

Published 01 Apr, 2021 06:23pm
  • The shot was also 100% effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, where a new variant called B1351 is dominant, though the number of those participants was relatively small at 800.
  • While the new overall efficacy rate of 91.3% is lower than the 95% originally reported in November for its 44,000-person trial, a number of variants have become more prevalent around the world since then.
Europe to get 4mn more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots this month

Europe to get 4mn more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots this month

Updated 10 Mar, 2021 07:24pm
  • The doses to vaccinate two million people will be supplied in addition to the planned deliveries, to ease border movement and to tackle virus hotspots, the Commission said.
  • "To tackle aggressive variants of the virus and to improve the situation in hotspots, quick and decisive action is necessary," the president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said.
Hungary may start Russia's Sputnik shots next week, says PM

Hungary may start Russia's Sputnik shots next week, says PM

Published 05 Feb, 2021 05:48pm
  • It is scheduled to receive 600,000 doses of Sputnik and another half a million doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine this month.
  • Orban said so far 264,530 Hungarians - healthcare workers and the most vulnerable elderly - have received at least one shot from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Moderna vaccine set to arrive in France as country steps up anti-COVID drive

Moderna vaccine set to arrive in France as country steps up anti-COVID drive

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:31pm
  • Castex and Health Minister Olivier Veran visited a health centre in Tarbes, southwestern France, on Saturday as part of the government's campaign to accelerate France's vaccine rollout.
  • US-based Moderna said on Monday it would produce at least 600 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, up by 100 million doses from its previous forecast.
Serbia gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

Serbia gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

Published 22 Dec, 2020 05:33pm
  • An airplane unloading containers with 4,875 doses of vaccines. The vaccines were later taken to the Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera, known as the "Torlak", in Belgrade.
  • "The immunisation, most probably, will start next week," Mirsad Djerlek, state secretary in the health ministry, told reporters in front of the "Torlak" Institute building.
Singapore gets Asia's first batch of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Singapore gets Asia's first batch of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Published 21 Dec, 2020 07:22pm
  • Singapore Airlines, which carried the vaccines on board one of its freighters from Belgium.
  • Singapore is the first Asian country to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech shots after it said last week that it had approved the companies' vaccine.
More than 40pc of Spaniards willing to get COVID-19 vaccine

More than 40pc of Spaniards willing to get COVID-19 vaccine

Published 21 Dec, 2020 06:39pm
  • While 28% of respondents in the survey by the Centre for Sociological Studies (CIS) said they would not take the vaccine immediately.
  • The EU drug regulator is expected to decide on Monday on approval for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech after the shot was authorised in several countries.
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